LOS ANGELES, July 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd. ("ImmunoCellular") (NYSE MKT: IMUC) today announced the establishment of an agreement with Novella Clinical (Novella), to conduct the phase 3 registration trial of ICT-107 in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma. Novella is a full-service, global clinical research organization (CRO) providing clinical trial services to small to mid-sized oncology companies. The ICT-107 phase 3 trial will include approximately 120 clinical sites in the US, Europe and Canada, and will recruit about 400 patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma. ImmunoCellular anticipates initiating the phase 3 trial in the fourth quarter of 2015.

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"Establishing this agreement with Novella Clinical moves us one more critical step forward in the implementation of our phase 3 ICT-107 registrational trial," said Andrew Gengos, ImmunoCellular Chief Executive Officer. "Novella's special expertise in oncology clinical trials, combined with their strong international network, experience working with oncology cooperative groups, and reputation for high quality, efficiency and cost-effectiveness, make them an excellent partner for our ICT-107 program. We are rapidly building the infrastructure for our phase 3 program and remain on track to initiate the trial later this year."

Novella's President Richard Staub added, "We are proud and very pleased to be selected to support this proprietary oncology immunotherapy platform for glioblastoma. We look forward to working alongside ImmunoCellular to navigate the development and successful execution of this pivotal program to ultimately benefit patients."

About ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd.

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd. is a Los Angeles-based clinical-stage company that is developing immune-based therapies for the treatment of brain and other cancers. ImmunoCellular has concluded a phase 2 trial of its lead product candidate, ICT-107, a dendritic cell-based cancer immunotherapy targeting multiple tumor-associated antigens for glioblastoma. ImmunoCellular's pipeline also includes: ICT-121, a dendritic cell immunotherapy targeting CD133; ICT-140, a dendritic cell immunotherapy targeting ovarian cancer antigens and cancer stem cells; and the Stem-to-T-cell research program which engineers the patient's hematopoietic stem cells to generate antigen-specific cancer killing T-cells.

Forward-Looking Statements for ImmunoCellular Therapeutics

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the timing for the initiation of a registrational trial for ICT-107, development, manufacturing and commercialization of ICT-107 in the EU, including the initiation of a phase 3 study and potential for regulatory approval of ICT-107 by the EMA. These statements are based on ImmunoCellular's current expectations and involve significant risks and uncertainties, including those described under the heading "Risk Factors" in ImmunoCellular's most recently filed annual report on Form 10-K. Except as required by law, ImmunoCellular undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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